Black Girl Nerds

Segment 1: DeRay sits down with Caron and discusses his candidacy as mayor of Baltimore and how he has used social media to foster change in the Black Lives Matter movement. Segment 2: Actor Jake Choi chats with co-hosts Kayla, Kay, and ReBecca about his career and Asian representation in film in TV. He also discusses the negative stereotypes that come with being a person of color. Segment 3: Kayla interview Jarrett Williams, the creator of Hyper Force Neo and many other creator owned comics about his latest project and also about anime and blerd culture. Segment 4: Jamie flew out to Los Angeles for the BatmanvSuperman: Dawn of Justice Press Conference and included a soundbite of an interview question asked of Gal Gadot about her role as Wonder Woman. Segment 1 edited by MR Daniel mrdaniel.net Segment 2 edited by John Bauer Music by Sammus

Segment 1: Hollywood producer Effie Brown (Dear White People, Real Women Have Curves) chats with us about her career and the controversy that brewed between her and Matt Damon on the HBO series Project Greenlight. Co-hosted by Lauren, Joelle, and Connie Segment 2: Andre "Black Nerd" Meadows joins us to talk about his wildly popular YouTube channel, how he's built an audience and creating his brand Black Nerd Comedy. Co-hosted by Kayla and Joi Effie Brown interview edited by John Bauer Andre Meadows interview edited by MR Daniel mrdaniel.net Music by Sammus, SkyBlew and Shubzilla

Segment 1: Jacqueline Coley interviews Jennifer Sinski, co-founder of RSVPster. The app is used to help track information on events and parties happening at SXSW this year at the annual festival. Segment 2: Alexsis Page interviews Dorée Seay, an actress and producer who is currently starring in Split Lip. She chats about her career and her love of all things nerdy. Music By: Sammus

Segment 1: Amanda Spann and Sheena Allen are mobile app developers behind the new mixology app Alchomy. The app has generated over 2 million downloads and they discuss how the tech world is evolving and it's an everyman's game at this point. Co-hosted by Terra, Joelle, and Kayla Segment 2: Dr. Sheena C. Howard is the filmmaker behind the new documentary Remixing Colorblind which discusses the implicit racial biases in our educational system. Hosted by Caron Segment 3: Dina Tate is the founder of GlobalGirlsSquad and has a new Kickstarter for her first book Lizzie and McKenzie's Fabulous Adventures. Hosted by Joi Amanda Spann and Sheena Allen segment edited by MR Daniel mrdaniel.net Dina Tate segment edited by John Bauer Music By: Sammus, Shubzilla, and SkyBlew

Jamie leads a roundtable discussion with co-hosts Cynthia, Caron, Joi, and Kayla to talk about the Oscars. The discussion surrounded Chris Rock's performance as host, the backlash on social media from non-Black people of color, and a quick discussion of the monstrosity behind the film Gods of Egypt. Music By: Shubzilla and YBC Tha NeRd Twitter @ybcthanerd Instagram @Ybc_Tha_Nerd

Segment 1: Luvvie Ajayi, best known from her blog Awesomely Luvvie talks about her work as a digital strategist and working as a social media influencer. Twitter: @luvvie Co-hosted by Mel and Lauren Segment 2: Leslie Harris is a writer and filmmaker and known for her film Just Another Girl on the IRT. She discusses what women can do to get funded in the film industry and her experiences with gatekeeping in Hollywood. Twitter: @les24fps Co-hosted by Kayla, Joelle, and Caron Segment 3: Amanda Seales is a comedian, VJ, speaker, and entertainer. She chats about her new webseries Get Your Life and her career as a content creator. Twitter: @amandaseales Co-hosted by Latanya and Joelle Segment 4: Johnnie Jae is the co-creator of a website for indigenous nerds called A Tribe Called Geek. She discusses why representation is so important and her experience building an online community for marginalized voices. Twitter: @tribecalledgeek Co-hosted by JN Monk Amanda Seales segment edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net A Tribe Called Geek segment edited by John Bauer Music By SkyBlew (@heyskyblew) and Sammus (@sammusmusic)

Arjun Gupta is an actor, producer, podcaster, and service member who has appeared in TV shows such as "Nurse Jackie" and "How To Get Away With Murder". His latest work is the SyFy series "The Magicians". He plays the role of Penny a drifter with supernatural abilities that attends a university for spellcasters. Arjun chats with is about his podcast American Desis, his work with the homeless, and the normalization of people of color and marginalized groups in media. Enjoy this #BGNPodcast extra! Co-hosted by Caron and Afiya Music by Sammus and Shubzilla

Segment 1: Van Jones discusses politics and the current Presidential election. He also chats about his non-profit orgs such as #YesWeCode and bringing the digital community to inner city youth. Co-hosted by Joelle Monique Segment 2: Megalyn Echikunwoke the star of the CW Seed series Vixen chats about her role and her upcoming guest star role as Mari McCabe in live action form in Arrow. Co-hosted by Grace Gipson and Joelle Monique Segment 3: Steve Harper is the creator of the new webseries SEND ME, about time travel for Black people back into slavery. Liz Femi a star of the series joins us to talk about the show and its message for viewers. Co-hosted by Joelle Monique and Kayla Sutton Van Jones segment edited by MR Daniel @mrdaniel_then SEND ME segment edited by John Bauer Music By: Sammus, SkyBlew, and Shubzilla

In a #BGNPodcast extra, host Caron does a one-on-one interview with Dr. andré carrington PhD. He is the author of Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race and Science Fiction. The discussion is centered around the depiction of people of color within the genre and how the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality are represented. Music By: Sammus

Segment 1: Actress Rachel True chats with Jamie and Ashlee from Graveyard Shift Sisters about her career, health, spirituality and hobbies of tarot card reading. Segment 2: Creator of the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, April Reign is interviewed by Jamie, Mel, and Grace and discusses systemic racism within the Academy and the future of the Oscars. Segment 3: Caron interviews actor Stefan Kapicic star of the new film about Marvel superhero Deadpool. Stefan plays the role of Colossus and also gets personal with Caron. Segment 4: Jewels Smith is creator of the comic Hafrocentric that unapologetically discusses race, class, and gender in a prolific way. Joelle and Jamie interviews Jewels and features a soundbite from the Hafrocentric mixtape which is found at soundcloud.com/hafrocentric Rachel True interview edited by John Bauer Jewels Smith interview edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net Music By: Sammus, Shubzilla, and SkyBlew

#BGNPodcast Extra! Kristin St. John interviews heavy metal rock artist Militia Vox! Frontwoman of Judas Priestess- the world's only all girl tribute to the metal gods Judas Priest, lead singer/songwriter of progressive hard rock band Swear On Your Life, leading lady of Dee Snider's heavy metal horror orchestra "Van Helsing's Curse" and known as the "Rock Goddess" of the Brooklyn based AFROPUNK movement.

Segment 1: Mildred Louis is creator of Agents of the Realm and webcomic currently available and is now in transition to go to print by a Kickstarter. #ExploreBlackComics with Peep Game Comix and use product code BGN for 25% off! peepgamecomix.com Go to blackgirlnerds.com/siteground for hosting plans as low as $3.95 a month! Segment 2: Hosted by Jacqueline Coley at PAXSouth, she chats with Terrence Kershaw aka TKBreezy a Twitch streamer and commentator for Super Smash Bros Music By: Sammus, Shubzilla, and SkyBlew Mildred Louis interview edited by MR Daniel @mrdaniel_then

Segment 1: Filmmaker and actor Victoria Mahoney discusses women of color in filmmaking, the Oscars, and diversity in media. ( segment was scheduled to be Co-hosted by Lauren Warren and due to tech issues Lauren did not appear in the segment) Segment 2: Jerome Walford founder of Forward Comix and creator of Nowhere Man discusses his latest project Gwan, that allows indie creatives to have a voice. Co-hosted by: Joelle Monique Segment 3: Bob Holden the VP of Category Management for Loot Crate. He discusses the company and how their business model. Hosted by Jacqueline Coley Music By Sammus Victoria Mahoney interview and X-Files segments edited by Sound Editor John Bauer Jerome Walford interview edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net Support the #BGNPodcast and sign up for your free 30 day trial at audible.com/bgnpodcast for your free audio book!

Segment 1: Comedian, Vlogger, Host, and Writer Franchesca Ramsey talks about social media notoriety, her work on MTV Decoded and how to grow an audience. Co-hosted by Mel Perez Segment 2: Jamie narrates a stories from the Alvin Schwartz book "More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" Segment 3: #29DaysOfBlackCosplay is the hashtag of February for Blerd Twitter. Cosplayers Chaka Cumberbatch, Butterfly Samurai, Venus Noire, and Maki Rolle join us to chat about their experiences as Black women in cosplay. Co-hosted by Terra Cooke Music By SkyBlew, Sammus and Virus Tails Franchesca Ramsey interview edited by MR Daniel http://mrdaniel.net

This is a special edition recording from BBC Radio on the Oscars boycott controversy and the lack of diversity among nominees.